Op-Ed: American money does Colombia no good
No AU student is a stranger to country-dropping. We constantly toss our abroad experiences into conversation, creating this constant dialogue on who went where and when, and the way that people and parties and politics operate in said country. While I've made my fair share of contributions to this discourse, my latest international escapade made a much more significant impact than any drunken night in Barcelona or intellectual afternoon at the Louvre. This January I went to Colombia with AU's alternative break program. The number one phrase I heard before I left? "Be careful." But I wasn't worried. Even if my father's worst fears were confirmed, being kidnapped by a bunch of narco-traffickers seemed like a good story to tell.